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# terminology

noun (terminology — uncountable; terminologies)

«terminology» in the English dictionary: everyday and in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

Terminology is the set of special words and phrases used in a subject or job, like the terminology of science, football or music. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/terminology/#m1)

### In the lessons

In school, teachers ask pupils to «use the correct terminology», for example «numerator» and «denominator» in maths, or «photosynthesis» in science, or «noun» and «verb» in grammar. Phrases: «technical terminology», «scientific terminology», «correct terminology».

### Examples

- Use the correct terminology in your science write-up. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/terminology/#x1)
- Football has its own terminology, like «offside» and «corner». [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/terminology/#x2)
- The doctor explained the medical terminology to Mum. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/terminology/#x3)
- We made a glossary of maths terminology. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/terminology/#x4)
- Music terminology includes words like «tempo» and «crescendo». [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/terminology/#x5)
- Computer terminology changes fast. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/terminology/#x6)

### Note

Usually uncountable. A single special word is «a term». Close words: «vocabulary», «jargon» (jargon often means words outsiders find hard to understand).

## In Jewish tradition

Here it names the technical vocabulary of Hebrew grammar, such as the "mothers" among the letters.

**Interpretation.** Sefer Yetzirah divides the Hebrew letters into mothers, doubles and simples, and the tradition reads each group as having its own special role in creation.

### Examples

- In usual Hebrew grammatical terminology, the term ‘mothers’ is reserved for the אִמּוֹת קְרִיאָה immot qeriʼah, ‘mothers of reading’ (whence Latin matres lectionis), the letters אהו״י Alef-Heh-Waw-Yod which can serve to represent either consonants or vowels. (Sefer Yetzirah, Sefaria community translation) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/T/terminology/#x1)

### Note

Usually uncountable. A single special word is «a term». Close words: «vocabulary», «jargon» (jargon often means words outsiders find hard to understand).

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «terminology» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/terminology/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«terminology» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/terminology.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of «terminology» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/T/terminology/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«terminology» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/terminology.html) on Mova free.